English Literature

Course summary

This subject and specification is a relevant and engaging one that approaches the study of literature through historicism. It encourages independent study and you will study a wide range of texts in a shared context. You will study poetry, prose and drama. It is a two year linear course which means as level is not offered. You will study a wide range of literature which includes a unit entitled ‘Love Through The Ages’ in which you will explore a Shakespeare play, a poetry anthology and a prose text, one of which will be pre-1900. The second component is ‘Texts in Shared Contexts’ which is currently ‘World War One and its Aftermath’ – you study all three genres in this unit. Finally, the third component is called ‘Texts Across Time’ in which you study two independently chosen texts of any genre; one of these must be pre-1900.